Theo Van Doesburg (1883-1931) was one of the creators and leading scholars of the movement alongside Piet Mondrian. Van Doesburg He was born in Utrecht, Netherlands where he trained in singing and acting before he decided to become a painter. He explored traditional representational art and had an epiphany about the way of painting and the association it has with the most profound sense of being. He studied Theosophy, which affected this thoughts related to creative congruity. The theory that art starts in the mind changed his style, and he began working in more expressive and abstract styles.